Official 2023 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[Siao]

Sandpit Steve said:

honda_exige said:

Quite, I had to take a valium to calm down.

Corrected (for the track changes) Race pace from Saudi. Pretty impressive from Ferrari.

So a year of development, and $100m spent, and the red cars are no faster now than they were a year ago, while everyone else has averaged a second a lap and Aston Martin have hit it out of the park.

You gotta admire Ferrari, one way or another!

[SturdyHSV]

Sandpit Steve said:

So a year of development, and $100m spent, and the red cars are no faster now than they were a year ago, while everyone else has averaged a second a lap and Aston Martin have hit it out of the park.

Well given Binotto's own figure of "$1 million is a tenth of a second", I put it to the group that we can logically conclude they must have spent $100,000 developing the car

[Sandpit Steve]

SturdyHSV said:

Sandpit Steve said:

So a year of development, and $100m spent, and the red cars are no faster now than they were a year ago, while everyone else has averaged a second a lap and Aston Martin have hit it out of the park.

Well given Binotto's own figure of "$1 million is a tenth of a second", I put it to the group that we can logically conclude they must have spent $100,000 developing the car

That sounds about right. One graduate trainee aerodynamicist and his workstation computer.

This chart actually explains a lot of why we say Red Bull are now streets ahead. Everyone else has made progress, but the team that was second last year has gone nowhere, which means relatively backwards.

[rdjohn]

Sandpit Steve said:

That sounds about right. One graduate trainee aerodynamicist and his workstation computer.

This chart actually explains a lot of why we say Red Bull are now streets ahead. Everyone else has made progress, but the team that was second last year has gone nowhere, which means relatively backwards.

If Fred has learned one thing from his many years of experience it will be how to spend wisely.

Never put an engineer in charge of the budget. Unfortunately he has never had the luxury of several engineers telling him they have the best idea.